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Required Information - All Employees
Required Information . . .
1. For all employees
Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation: OCR complaints and lawsuits alleging discrimination, harassment, and retaliation have underscored the need to disseminate district policies prohibiting all such behavior. It is imperative that those who interact with students be aware of their responsibility to respond immediately and appropriately to allegations. Relevant policies include:
- DH and FO—Policies and exhibits addressing standards of conduct for employees and students.
- DIA(LOCAL) and FFH(LOCAL) —Policies regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, including contact information for reporting such behavior, for employees and students.
Bullying: FFI(LOCAL) , addresses student bullying and establishes procedures for reporting, investigating, and dealing with bullying of district students.
Child abuse and neglect: Policies pertaining to child abuse and neglect. For procedures for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect [see 19 TAC 61.1051] and [see Education Code 38.0041].
Policy information related to these concerns may be found at:
- BQ(LEGAL), referring to the district plan for addressing sexual abuse and other maltreatment of children;
- DH(LOCAL) and (EXHIBIT), addressing employee standards of conduct;
- FFG(LEGAL), (LOCAL), and (EXHIBIT), addressing child abuse and neglect; and
- GRA(LEGAL) and (LOCAL), addressing child abuse investigations.
Drug-free workplace: See policies establishing a drug-free workplace, DH(LOCAL) and DI(LOCAL) and (EXHIBIT).
2. For teachers and administrators: documents pertaining to student discipline
Teachers and and administrators, dealing with student discipline see Education Code Chapter 37 and Chapter 37 Offenses and Consequences Chart and all (LOCAL) policies in the FN and FO series. See also, Student Code of Conduct.
3. For term contract employees: "Employment Policies"
The law does not specify which policies are considered "employment policies." Legal services suggest that "employment policies" might include (LEGAL) and (LOCAL) policies and exhibits found at the following codes in the District's local policy manual:
| Policy Code | Policy Title |
|---|---|
| D Index | |
| DA series | Equal employment opportunity, genetic nondiscrimination, criteria for personnel decisions |
| DBAA | Criminal history and credit reports |
| DBD | Conflict of interest |
| DC | Employment practices |
| DCB *† | Term contracts |
| DEA series ‡ | Salaries and wages; incentives and stipends |
| DEC series * | Leaves and absences |
| DF | Termination of employment |
| DFA series | Termination of, or return to, probationary contract |
| DFB series | Termination of term contracts |
| DFD | Hearings before hearing examiner |
| DFE | Resignation |
| DFF | Reduction in force |
| DFFA ‡ | Reduction in force due to financial exigency |
| DFFB | Reduction in force due to program change |
| DG | Employee rights and privileges |
| DGBA † | Employee complaints/grievances |
| DH | Employee standards of conduct |
| DHE ‡ | Searches and alcohol/drug testing |
| DI | Employee welfare |
| DIA | Freedom from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation |
| DK † | Assignment and schedules |
| DN series † | Performance appraisal |
Other Important Information . . .
| Policy code | Topic |
|---|---|
| District Goals and Planning | |
| AE | District educational philosophy |
| BQ series * | District- and campus-level planning |
| Instruction and Students | |
| E Index | |
| EFA | Handling complaints regarding instructional materials |
| EIA | Grading standards and grade reporting |
| EIE † | Promoting and retaining students |
| F Index | |
| FB series | Protection of students from unlawful discrimination |
| FE series *†‡ | Student attendance |
| FFAC | Providing medical treatment or medication to students |
| FFAD † | Excluding students with communicable diseases |
| FFAF | Care plans for students at risk for anaphylaxis |
| FFG † | Mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect |
| FFH | Freedom from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation |
| FFI | Freedom from bullying |
| FL *† | Safeguarding privacy of student records |
| FNA | Student expression |
| FNAA | Distribution of nonschool literature |
| FNAB | Use of school facilities for nonschool purposes |
| FNG † | Handling student/parent complaints; parents' rights |
| FO ‡ | Student discipline |
| G Index | |
| GRA | Interaction of police and child protective services with students on campus |
| Personnel | |
| C Index | |
| CAA | Financial ethics |
| CK series † | Employee safety practices and crisis management |
| CQ | District computers and electronic communications |
| CRD * | Health and life insurance |
| CY | Intellectual property and copyright |
| D Index | |
| DA series | Equal employment opportunity and genetic nondiscrimination |
| DBAA | Criminal history and credit reports |
| DBD | Conflict of interest |
| DC series *† | Employment practices |
| DEA series ‡ | Salaries, wages, incentives, and stipends |
| DEC | Employee leaves and absences |
| DECA | Family and medical leave |
| DECB * | Military leave |
| DEE ‡ | Requirements for expense reimbursement |
| DF series ‡ | Termination of employment |
| DGBA † | Process for employee complaints and grievances |
| DH | Employee standards of conduct |
| DHE ‡ | Alcohol/drug screening and other searches of employees |
| DI | Drug-free workplace |
| DIA | Freedom from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation |
| DK † | Assignment to positions; transfers |
| DMD | Attendance at professional meetings on school time |
| DN series † | Employee evaluation/appraisal (In 2010 the Administrative Code was amended to require districts to provide all teachers with an annual review of the district's teacher appraisal policy.) |
| G Index | |
| GBA series * | Confidentiality of personnel records; public and nonpublic information |
| GBBA | News media relations and communications during a crisis |
| GKD series † | Nonschool use of school facilities and distribution of nonschool literature |
* Indicates a policy affected by Update 100, issued in July 2014.
† Indicates a policy affected by Update 101, issued in December 2014.
‡ Indicates a policy affected by Update 102, issued in April 2015.